90 minutes Self-Guided Walking tour with puzzles in Haarlem

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About this activity

During the Discovery Trip "The Missing portet of Pieter Teyler" you will explore the city of Haarlem during a 90-minute self-guided walking tour. In 90 minutes, you will see the most iconic places of Haarlem while solving fun puzzles about the environment. Do your best and set a new high score for the trip together with your friends or family.

As Discovery Trips is self-guided, there are no fixed starting times. You can pick whenever you want to start discovering and pause at any time.

In this trip, you'll need to find the missing portrait of Pieter Teyler. Mr. Teyler is a well-known resident of Haarlem. The Teylers Museum and the Teylers Hofje are built with his inheritance. Letters indicate that he has hidden a painting and left hints throughout the entire city. Can you find the painting?

Update: We received feedback that the puzzles were to easy, so we recently updated our puzzles to make them more challenging!

What are you waiting for? Let's start discovering!

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At a glance

Duration: 1 h 30 min
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–15
Written guide: English, Dutch
Operated by: Discovery Trips

What is included

Included

Included: Access to the Discovery Trip "The missing portrait of Peter Teyler"
Included: Use of the Discovery Trips app. (make sure you download it)

Not included

Not included: Smartphone, internet connection & data

Itinerary

Haarlem Railway Station

10 min

We start at the railway station in Haarlem. One of the older railway stations in the Netherlands
Molen De Adriaan Museum

10 min

We will see across the water the Molen De Adriaan that is beautifully lightend in the evening.
Teylers Hofje

10 min

You will walk past one of the most beautifull hofjes in Haarlem which you can enter provided that you keep peacefully as people live in the hofje.
Teylers Museum

Passing by

You will walk past one of the biggest museum that you can find in Haarlem. THe museum is created by Pieter Teyler, an important figure in Haarlem and our story. Later you could go back to visit the museum in earnest. Note that admission into the museum is not needed for playing the Discovery Trip and is also not included.
De Waag (1595)

10 min

You will walk past the old Waag of Haarlem. This was the place where people would weigh their goods for the market and pay their taxes on these goods.
Frans Hals Museum - Hal

Passing by

You will stop at the Frans Hals museum to solve one of the puzzles. This museam is dedicated to Frans Hals, a dutch painter that lived in Haarlem. Later you could go back to visit the museum. Note that admission into the museum is not needed for playing the Discovery Trip and is also not included.
Vleeshal

Passing by

Thee Vleeshal used to be the place where the people of Haarlem bought their meat. Now, it is an exposition centre which holds a crucial piece of information to solve the game. Feel free to visit the exposition centre after you finished the game if it seems intresting to you. Note that admission into the exposition centre is not needed for playing the Discovery Trip and is also not included.
Sint-Bavokerk (Church of St. Bavo)

Passing by

During the Trip you will visit the Church of St. Bavo which is one of the biggest and oldest churches in Haarlem in the middle of the Grote Markt. Note that entering the church is not needed for playing the Discovery Trip and is also not included. But feel free to do so on your own accoord.
Grote Markt

10 min

The Trip will end at the Grote Markt in the middle of the city centre.

Meeting point and pickup

Everyone meets at the meeting point.

Meeting point

Your Trip is a self-guided Discovery Trip. You can start yourself whenever you want. Go to the starting point at the train station in Haarlem and launch the Discovery Trips app to start your Discovery Trip!

End point

The Discovery Trip ends in the middle of the great market in Haarlem. From there it is a short walk back to the train station of Haarlem

Using your ticket

After confirmation, you will receive an activation code for your trip in TripAdvisor's message box. If you do not receive such a message within 5 minutes of receiving the Tripadvior ticket, please send us a message through TripAdvisor.

To start Discovery Trips follow these instructions:

Download the Discovery Trip app (note: make sure you search in the Dutch appstores)
Select your trip: The stolen keys (de gestolen sleutels)
You will recieve an email with your personal code
Enter your personal code in the app
Go to the location and start the Discovery Trip!